Michelob Championship: Follow The Leaders

October 12, 1998

``I feel confident in saying it will be a record crowd, close to 40,000,'' she said.

The one-day record is 34,617, set Sunday a year ago, also in ideal conditions. The weekly attendance record of 142,678, set last year, isn't likely to fall. That will be thanks mainly to Thursday's rain, which helped limit attendance to 13,400.